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The Winners and Their Secrets for Success
When trial lawyers get together, they tell war stories about cases they have won or trials that went sour. There is, however, a select group of attorneys who rarely have to talk about losing at the jury level. Each year, The National Law Journal profiles 10 trial attorneys who have established themselves as among the nation's best at avoiding those moments.Online CLE OK'd by Pennsylvania High Court
Pennsylvania lawyers will soon be able to earn continuing legal education credits from the comfort of their own desks. Beginning Jan. 1, accredited CLE programs will be available online. Ruth E. Ganister, chairwoman of the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board, says that for younger lawyers in particular, accustomed to online work and research, "it is almost a disservice not to have an Internet-based CLE."McKithen, plaintiff-appellant v. Brown, defendant-appellee*
Court Must Decide Right to Post-Conviction DNA Test Under Fifth, Fourteenth Amendment Due Process ClausesGroup Says Body Scanners an 'Unreasonable Search'
The Electronic Privacy Information Center wants to stop the Transportation Security Administration from using the scan that shows a naked image of a passenger's body as a primary means of screening. EPIC is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to require the agency to make a new rule with input from the public before it goes into effect.View more book results for the query "*"
The Taxability of Back Pay Awards
Components of damage awards in employment cases that relate to physical injuries are generally not found to be taxable, while components relating to back wages are. Mark E. Tabakman and Katy Shi-Klepper discuss a recent New Jersey case that examined whether taxes should be deducted from a back pay award emanating from a labor arbitration decision, as opposed to a scenario in which a settlement or jury award of damages is rendered pursuant to a statutory framework.N.Y. Judge Leaves Interpretation of Pre-nup to Singapore Court
As Michael Chia Hock Meng and Julie Lynn Allen divorce in Singapore, where they now live, Mr. Meng asked Justice Laura Drager to declare a 1999 prenuptial agreement valid and enforceable?thereby barring the wife from a maintenance award in the pending Singapore action or elsewhere.As Bratz Case Heads for Retrial, RICO Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss
The latest ruling in the ferocious battle between Mattel and MGA Entertainment over who owns rights to the once-popular Bratz doll line won't do much to streamline the issues as the case heads to a January trial date after a remand from the 9th Circuit. A California federal judge struck some counterclaims by MGA but refused to dismiss others, including explosive allegations that Mattel and its lawyers at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan conspired to steal trade secrets from MGA and other Mattel competitors.Docs Still Hopeful State Will Cover MCARE Bill
Docs Still Hopeful State Will Cover MCARE BillThe lobbying arm for the state's doctors, the Pennsylvania Medical Society, has instructed its members not to pay their assessments to the state-run MCARE Fund until the very last moment. While no ...N.Y.: Same-Sex Marriage Ban 'Rational'
The state Monday conceded that New York has no compelling interest in preventing same-sex marriages, relying instead on a rational basis claim in attempting to preserve its historic ban on gay nuptials.Trending Stories
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